Sharing the Costs of Human Services Transportation (2011) / Chapter Skim
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For example, the number of passenger trips consumed is nonfinancial data; passenger revenue (through donations or fares) is financial.
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For a transportation service, some of these more detailed performance assessments would include the following: • Changes over time: Over several years, time, total passengers, hours, costs, and revenues should be measured by specific days, months, and years, and the percent changes from the previous time periods should be highlighted. • Performance within components: For example, if a transportation service has fixed routes, the most and least cost-effective routes should be examined, using the kinds of statistics mentioned previously and comparing changes over time.
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• Unduplicated Persons Served -- the number of individuals who receive transportation services. Note that while reasonable cost sharing procedures might be developed without information on hours of service, service hour information is indeed necessary to ensure the most accurate and most equitable distribution of costs.
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Additional transportation program data. Types of Data Common Measures More Detailed Measures Additional Measures Cost of Services Total dollar costs Operating costs Administrative costs Capital costs Value of in-kind or donated services or property Service Outputs Total vehicle miles Total vehicle hours Services provided by paid staff versus volunteers, in large versus small vehicles, in group trips versus individual trips Trip denials Delays or complaints Road calls Accidents Services Consumed Total number of trips Total unduplicated number of persons receiving services Trips by type, such as ambulatory or nonambulatory Passengers by type, such as seniors or persons with disabilities Passenger revenues Passenger miles
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These data then would be ready to generate the information needed for management and reporting purposes. Additional data collection procedures will be required for fixed-route transit systems where few data on the numbers and types of persons traveling are available.
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